Category Archives: Death

Celebrate the Failure

Posted on June 26, 2009 by @ndy

‘Safer, cleaner and on time’ : More staff on stations, fewer cancelled trains and improved punctuality is promised by the Brumby Government and the new consortium appointed to operate Melbourne’s trains. Connex Melbourne — a subsidiary of French TNC Veolia … Continue reading →

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Nahr al-Bared Camp: A Sip of Coffee

Posted on June 25, 2009 by @ndy

‘In May 2007, the battle between Fatah al-Islam and the Lebanese army broke out in Nahr al-Bared Refugee Camp in northern Lebanon. Amidst heavy fighting, the Lebanese army had systematically destroyed the entire camp by September 2007. Two years later, … Continue reading →

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F.R.E.E. Australia Party!

Posted on June 24, 2009 by @ndy

Awesome! Australia has a new political party! While the UK has R.E.S.P.E.C.T. — Respect, Equality, Socialism, Peace, Environmentalism, Community, and Trade Unionism — Australia has F.R.E.E — Freedom, Rights, Environment, Educate. Educate… not ‘Education’… mmmkay? Serious and Organised Crime (Control) … Continue reading →

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things that make me fucking angry

Posted on June 23, 2009 by @ndy

“The great majority of the Basij, seemingly ever-patient and self-controlled, stood for hours as kids baited and yelled, shoved and provoked. A handful of officers used well-placed elbows while batons were raised only in response to the vandalism.” ~ Iranian … Continue reading →

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Some perspective

Posted on June 23, 2009 by @ndy

1. According to the boffins @ The Official String Theory Web Site “it seems safe to estimate that the age of the Universe is at least 15 billion years old, but probably not more than 20 billion years old”. 2. … Continue reading →

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Fluoride = Death?!?

Posted on June 22, 2009 by @ndy

Oh dear. The campaign against fluoridation of the Geelong water supply has apparently gone batshit, with a report in today’s edition of The Age indicating that a death threat has been delivered to Victorian Labor minister Lisa Neville. Curiously, Scott … Continue reading →

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Jas H Duke (1939-1992) : An Anarchist Poet (Part Two)

Posted on June 22, 2009 by @ndy

A few more poems by Jas. 1. 1987 Poem. 2. Happy Birthday Australia. 3. Learning My Own Language.* The final track brings to mind Scottish punk band Oi Polloi, who have recently begun writing and recording material in (Scottish) Gaelic. … Continue reading →

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Jack Kerouac : ‘SEPT. 16, 1961, POEM’

Posted on June 18, 2009 by @ndy

How awfully sad i felt thinking of my sleeping mother in her bed that she’ll die someday tho she herself always says “death is nothing to worry about, from this life we start to another” How awfully sad I felt … Continue reading →

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Jas H Duke (1939–1992) : An Anarchist Poet

Posted on June 18, 2009 by @ndy

From the editorial to Going Down Swinging, No.13, March 1993: “Welcome to the thirteenth Going Down Swinging. With this issue comes a compact disc of Jas H Duke reading his poems and talking about poetry. Jas Duke died tragically on … Continue reading →

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From Greensboro to Washington

Posted on June 14, 2009 by @ndy

The recent shooting @ the USHMM — and the largely tedious debates which have emerged from it concerning potential radical right-wing terrorism (a product, it is frequently argued, of the equation Black President+economic dysfunction+white racism) — reminded me of a … Continue reading →

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